At dawn, the sky was overcast with thick clouds that made people breathless. A rare thunderstorm in early spring was slowly brewing.

At the southernmost end of the Silverpine Forest, on the open land bordering the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the Kingdom of Gilneas, there were originally many villages. The people living on this land cut down forests, reclaimed wasteland, and worked tirelessly to improve their homes...

After the second war, although the Kingdom of Gilneas finally withdrew from the Alliance due to various reasons and did not have much contact with the Alliance member states at the official level, this kingdom, which had long become increasingly isolated due to the ruling policy of the previous generation of kings,

He still opened his door to the outside world.

More and more caravans are passing through the pass where Greymane's Wall is now, traveling between the Kingdom of Gilneas and Lordaeron, Dalaran and other "friendly countries".

Moisturized by merchants, these villages located in transportation hub areas quickly flourished. In less than ten years, they were connected together and almost became as prosperous as Burning under the rule of the great lord Darius.

Another small town in Kimura...

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, as the arrival of the Scourge broke everything.

The people living here walked and fled. And those who hoped that the kingdom's invincible army could defeat the natural disasters and block the plague beyond the national borders also bowed their heads in the face of the ruthless reality.

Even Lordaeron, the most powerful among the Seven Kingdoms, was ruthlessly destroyed by the Scourge. Gilneas was unable to resist such an existence.

then……

Greymane Wall was built.

It is hard to imagine how this towering city wall, which is tens of meters high and nearly 20 meters thick at its thickest point, was built in just one year.

In short, no matter what happened, the settlement outside the wall has been abandoned since then. The beasts driven to the south of Silverpine Forest by the terrifying undead have made their home here.

Wild boars have devastated the crop fields, and no good place can be found;

The frighteningly large cave spiders occupy houses and cellars that can be protected from light, lurking in the shadows and waiting for their prey;

Forest wolves run in the corrupted forest, choosing hares and other small herbivores as their hunting targets - cunning creatures like wolves will not compete with wild boars. Hunters who often travel in the Eastern Continent know that "

"One pig, two bears, three tigers", wild boar is the most dangerous common creature, bar none.

Even if a wild boar is caught in a trap, experienced hunters usually wait until the wild boar is completely dead and then collect the carcass a few days later to avoid a deathbed counterattack by the wild boar.

There are always lame novice hunters who overestimate their hunting skills, think wild boars are just as stupid as their captive relatives, and half-heartedly draw their bows and arrows on wild boars...

The cost of doing so is often heavy.

As long as one arrow cannot kill the wild boar, it will run towards the unlucky guy like crazy, charging at a speed of 60 kilometers. If you can't dodge, you will be lucky to have your knees broken by one of them. What's even more terrifying is that they will be killed by their horns.

The tooth opened a big hole in the body, with blood pouring out...

As for the latter two beasts, unless they are hungry or someone strays into their territory, most of them will avoid people. After all, being unknown in the wilderness means danger, and the cost of injury is extremely heavy.

The same is true for wolves. In an environment where food is abundant, they will not risk injury by hunting wild boars that go crazy and threaten their lives.

not worth.

All this time, except for the millions of resurrected people who crossed the border from the north to Dalaran a month ago, there have been no undead wandering around outside Greymane Wall. These beasts have completely regarded this place as their home, and the soldiers patrolling the high wall

Everyone can see the leisurely and contented beasts in the dilapidated villages that are no longer inhabited outside the walls...

The Scourge knew that this human nation that had sealed itself tightly within the high walls was not the best first target of attack. It would not be too late to wait until they destroyed other populations in the north before they could deal with the humans huddled within the high walls.

Until Dalaran was destroyed.

The Scourge finally freed up their hands to deal with the remaining ethnic groups in the north, and Gilneas was one of their targets. They launched both internal and external attacks. The regular army continuously attacked the Greymane Wall, and the Cursed Cult founded by Kel'Thuzad penetrated into

Creating chaos in their kingdom…

Today, in this "last paradise", no trace of any living thing can be seen anymore. The dilapidated houses, dry wells, gravel paths overgrown with weeds, everything is silently accusing the atrocities of the Scourge.

.

…

"Steady, steady!"

"For the Holy Light!"

"Flank, be careful of the ghouls on the flank!"

"Holy Light, there are too many of them...ah!"

"Damn, we're surrounded!"

Against the background of the oppressive dark gray sky, the screams of death filled the sky and reached into the sky.

The battle in the air was particularly fierce. The huge griffins of the Hinterlands, controlled by the superb riding skills of the Wildhammer dwarves, fought closely with the Scourge Gargoyles. The whirling Storm Hammer was surrounded by crackling elemental lightning, often

One blow can paralyze the gargoyle and cause it to fall to the ground.

The performance of the Blood Elf Dragon Eagles is also impressive. They are driven by mages and archers, and their spells and arrows all show their power.

But once a gargoyle dies, more will soon swarm in. Their number is three times that of the coalition air forces. They surround the lone griffon or dragon eagle in groups and swarm over each other.

, so the ground troops directly below will find that blood is raining from the sky again.

On the ground, the bloody battle between the main force of the coalition forces and the main force of the natural disaster has gradually evolved into a criss-crossing melee. The 70,000 to 80,000 resurrected people outside the Greymane Wall have also piled up on the defensive positions outside the high wall.

The stone bullets thrown by the catapults cut a graceful curve in the air, and fell on the ground without losing force. They rolled forward for a long distance and crushed the groups of resurrected people. The cannons roared and were erected on the high wall.

The artillery on board fired continuously, sending solid projectiles into the dense crowd of undead, causing flesh and blood to fly everywhere.

But this casualty was completely insignificant to the huge army of resurrected beings. They staggered, but still maintained a consistent slow speed, heading towards the defensive position.

Behind the main coalition line, on the slope where a thousand mages are...

The huge amount of cold magical energy that suddenly erupted a few seconds ago attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield. Even the soldiers fighting in the front were aware of the cold feeling that erupted behind them at that moment.

This extremely powerful spell attack took away the lives of at least dozens of mages.

"Protective Barrier!"

A blood elf mage who reacted screamed loudly.

The defense mages, who had been responsible for the counterattack and had not attacked before all the mages, reacted very quickly and immediately activated the defensive array.

A curtain of light formed purely from arcane energy instantly appeared above the slope.

The second spell attack followed closely, a bone-chilling chill simulated by arcane energy, mixed with dark necromantic energy, suddenly appeared outside the light curtain, and struck the light rapidly from all directions...
Chapter completed!